God is, as it were, the sewer into which all contradictions flow. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes From Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel The person must give himself an external sphere of freedom in order to have being as Idea. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel givingorderideas What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his stand,and from it philosophy starts in its study of the universe of mind as well as the universe of nature. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophicalphilosophyreality In a true tragedy, both parties must be right. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel partytragedy The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel realphilosophylying History teaches us that man learns nothing from history Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel teachmen The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel passionspringcharacter Philosophy must indeed recognize the possibility that the people rise to it, but must not lower itself to the people. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel possibilityphilosophypeople History as the slaughter-bench Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel slaughterbenches In the Soul is the awaking of Consciousness: Consciousness sets itself up as Reason, awaking at one bound to the sense of its rationality: and this Reason by its activity emancipates itself to objectivity and the consciousness of its intelligent unity. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel objectivityintelligentsoul Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning . One orients one's attitude toward the either by or by what the world is. The former gives as much security as the latter, in that one knows how one stands. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel readingattitudemorning Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Education is the art of making man ethical. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel makingmaneducationart I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel totaluglycreationbeauty All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel reasonablereal
